This three-day comprehensive hands-on WordPress course is designed to give attendees the skills, tools, and knowledge to create a professional looking WordPress Blog or Website. The course will thoroughly cover; how to install, configure and work with WordPress, develop a cohesive creative design, and launch a cutting-edge responsive website. Participants learn to use WordPress Themes and other third-party plug-ins and widgets to create customized menus and layouts that include compelling images, audio, and video content. The course also covers troubleshooting and fundamental administrative functions of the WordPress dashboard. 

This course is taught Live On Line, so you can learn from the comfort of your home or office. Cost is $1,395.00 which includes all class materials - Class times: 8:00 am 4:00 pm PST.

If you don't own the software, you can download it here.
https://wordpress.org/download/

Course taught by a WordPress Expert 

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Upcoming Class Dates: 

May 7-9, 2019

July 16-18, 2019

May 7- 9, 2019

 

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of a Mac or PC computer

A familiarity with web terminology is helpful

A familiarity with HTML is helpful but not necessary

Course Outline

Setting Up and Configuring WordPress

Understanding the WordPress.org Downloads Website

Using Domain Names

WordPress Hosting Options

Uploading Your WordPress Files via FTP

Installing WordPress

Logging into Your Dashboard

WordPress Blogs vs. WordPress Websites

WordPress, Theme and Plugins

WordPress Dashboard 

Version, Release and Modification Updates

Understanding WordPress Themes

Finding and Choosing the Right Theme

Theme and Plugin Compatibility

Editing and Customizing Themes

Upgrading to the Latest WordPress Release

Creating and Administering Posts

Categories and Tags

Title and Content Areas

Configuring the Publish Area

Setting the Featured Image

Creating and Administering Pages

Differences between Pages and Posts

Organizing using Categories

Creating Your Basic Website Pages

Managing Posts and Links

Using HTML to Extend Page Content

Understanding WordPress SEO 

Creating and Administering Menus

Creating Your First Menu

Adding Pages, Post and Categories to Your Menu

Enabling Advanced Menu Options

Adding Custom Links to Your Menu

Configuring Website Settings

Configuring General Settings

Configuring Reading Settings

Configuring Permalinks

Media Library

Default Width and Height Settings

WordPress Image File Creation

Default Month Year Folder Structure

Uploading and Managing Media Files

Using WordPress Photo Galleries

Themes and Plugins

Installing and Configuring a Theme

Switching Between Themes

Adding Menu, Media and Content to a Theme

Administering, Upgrading and Maintaining Plugins

Installing and Configuring a Form Plugin

Installing and Configuring a Media Library Plugin

WordPress for Mobile Devices

iOS 

Android

WordPress Security

Securing WordPress Passwords

Updates and Patches

Connecting Securely to your WordPress Site

User Management

Administering User Accounts

Built-in User Accounts

Setting Up User Security

Installing and Configuring a User Management Plugin

Merging and Deleting User Accounts

Comments and Discussions

Comments Dashboard Settings

Commenting User Options

Administering Website Comments

Troubleshooting

Fixing Posts and Pages (if they break)

Broken Widgets

Fixing Theme Issues

Fixing Plugins

Identifying and Fixing Common Database Issues

 

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